Building your plate
This Canadian guide helps us plan a balanced mix of foods.
What is Canada’s Food Guide?
Apples, carrots, broccoli, and berries belong to this food category.
What are vegetables and fruits?
Brown rice and oatmeal are examples of this food category.
What are whole grain foods?
This is the everyday drink recommended in the presentation.
What is water?
These three polite words let you turn down a food you don’t want to try.
What is “No, thank you”?
Vegetables and fruits fill this fraction of the Food Guide plate.
What is one-half (1/2)?
Besides fresh, name TWO other forms vegetables and fruits can come in.
What are frozen and canned?
A grain is called “whole” because it keeps _____ parts of the grain.
What is "all parts of the grain"
Add these to water to give it a different flavour.
What are fruit slices?
Your friend enjoys a food you haven’t tried. Show _______ by avoiding rude comments about their food.
What is respect?
These TWO food categories each fill one-quarter of the plate.
What are whole grain foods and protein foods?
Besides vitamins and minerals, vegetables and fruits provide this substance that starts with “f".
What is fibre?
You’re planning a meal with plant protein. Name TWO choices from the presentation.
What are beans, lentils, or tofu?
Besides when you feel thirsty, name TWO times the presentation suggests having water.
What are with meals and during active play?
Helping plan or prepare a meal builds these useful abilities.
What are food skills?
Your bowl has brown rice and chicken. This food category is missing from the Food Guide mix.
What are vegetables and fruits?
A word for how a fruit or vegetable feels such as crunchy or soft.
What is texture?
You’re checking a bread package. Look for these TWO words near the beginning of the ingredient list.
What is “whole grain”?
These TWO body feelings help you notice when you may want to eat and when you may have had enough.
What are hunger and fullness?
A family makes a special dish together every year. Food can connect us with people and these customs passed along over time. What do you call this?
What are traditions?
A friend says, “The Food Guide picture tells everyone exactly how much to eat.” Explain what the picture actually helps us plan.
What is the mix or proportions of food categories, rather than exactly how much someone must eat?
Name THREE things vegetables and fruits provide for our bodies, according to the presentation.
What are vitamins, minerals, and fibre?
Sort these four foods into whole grain foods and protein foods:
oatmeal, yogurt, brown rice, and lentils.
What are oatmeal and brown rice as whole grain foods and yogurt and lentils as protein foods?
You’re watching a video and rushing through lunch. Name TWO changes from the presentation that could help you enjoy your food.
What are taking a break from distractions and giving yourself more time to eat?
Your friend is still hungry, but you feel full. Explain why you don’t both have to eat the same amount.
What is people can have different appetites and feelings of hunger and fullness?